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--- language:introduction [2022/05/13 12:30] – rajit
+++ language:introduction [2025/09/04 11:09] (current) – [Loops and conditionals] rajit
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 parser was expecting. Error messages are accompanied by the file name,
 line number, and column number of the item that resulted in the error.
+The variable names ''self'' and ''selfack'' are reserved. They are used to support
+ACT language features like functions and user-defined types.
 The names in the port list of a user-defined type are the only parts of
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 The parentheses are used to group the body of the loop. ''i'' is
 the dummy variable, and it ranges from zero to eight in this
-example. The '';'' is a separator, and separates each instance of
+example. In general if only one integer is specified for
-the body of the loop.  In general if only one integer is specified for
 the range, the variable ranges from zero to one less than the integer.
+This is a special case of a more general [[syntacticreplication|syntactic replication]] construct
+that can be used in many contexts.
 The conditional statement uses the guarded command notation. They are
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   namespace lib {
-       export defchan a1of2 = chan(bool) (bool d0,d1,a) { ... }
+       export defchan a1of2 <: chan(bool) (bool d0,d1,a) { ... }
   }
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   namespace lib {
-       export defchan a1of2 = chan(bool) (bool d0,d1,a) { ... }
+       export defchan a1of2 <: chan(bool) (bool d0,d1,a) { ... }
   }
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   export namespace lib {
-       export defchan a1of2 = chan(bool) (bool d0,d1,a) { ... }
+       export defchan a1of2 <: chan(bool) (bool d0,d1,a) { ... }
   }